Stigma, fear and a lack of training cause many counselors to feel unprepared and vulnerable when faced with sexualized transference.
Tag: Professional Issues
Professional Issues
There’s still time to register for on-demand content from the 2023 ACAPPS, which covered pressing issues such as artificial intelligence, counselor identity and practice, and clinical supervision.
Starting a new career in counseling later in life taught one new counseling professional a few important lessons.
Two clinical supervisors share their advice on how to create successful consultation groups, which reduce isolation, provide clinical support, foster professional growth and improve client outcomes.
The ACA president emphasizes the need to build mutually beneficial relationships with other organizations that promote mental health, and he provides an update on the Governing Council meeting happening this month.
Counselors can decrease their risk for sexual boundary violations, but first they have to talk about it.
ACA’s 2023 Virtual Hill Day provided counselors with tips on how to effectively advocate with members of Congress.
It’s easy for counselors to become isolated unless they are intentional about joining professional organizations that meet their needs.
This ACA book breaks down the counseling process and helps counselors cultivate their own counseling style.
Clients often use their words and behaviors as weapons, and how counselors respond to this makes a difference in the therapeutic outcome.